strachey
Definition
Proper noun: - Lytton Strachey: An English biographer and a prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group, an influential circle of early 20th-century English intellectuals, writers, and artists. He is known for his innovative and often irreverent approach to biography.
Usage
- Proper noun:
- Lytton Strachey revolutionized biographical writing with his work "Eminent Victorians."
- The literary salon included members like Virginia Woolf and Strachey.
Advanced Usage
- Stracheyan (adj): Pertaining to or characteristic of Lytton Strachey or his biographical style, which is marked by psychological insight, irony, and a departure from Victorian hagiography.
- The author adopted a Stracheyan approach, dissecting the subject's flaws with wit.
Variants and Related Words
- Bloomsbury Group: The collective of writers, intellectuals, and artists to which Strachey belonged.
- "Eminent Victorians": Strachey's landmark 1918 biographical work.
Synonyms
- Biographer
- Essayist
Notes
- The term "Strachey" almost exclusively refers to Giles Lytton Strachey. It is not commonly used in idioms or phrasal verbs. Its primary use is as a proper noun identifying the historical figure.
Noun
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English biographer and leading member of the Bloomsbury Group (1880-1932)
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